Weekly Round-Up

Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which I’ve wanted to share with you. Don’t forget if you have written a post which you would like readers to see, just leave a comment below.

Researching a highly skilled, board-certified microsurgeon is the first and most important step in your DIEP flap breast reconstruction process. But what additional criteria might you look for? Terrishares some practical tips in her latest post.

Hello dear Marie – thanks so much for including my HEART SISTERS post about the patient narrative here. I think physician-turned-author Dr. Suzanne Koven’s points about a narrative being not just about illness, “but also about big themes like identity and life and death and love and resilience” represented a profound shift in how I looked at telling my own story, and – just as important – the stories of others. Ever since I first heard Dr. Koven’s interviewed in 2016, I review each narrative blog post to assess those ‘big themes’.

I agree Carolyn and it’s why I am so keen to include so many different voices on my own blog – and not just those who write about illness. Universal themes of life, love and loss enrich our understanding of ourselves and each other,

". . .and the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and JOYFUL, by which we arrive at the ground at our own feet, and learn to be at home."
Wendell Berry